Ash-sifter



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A. P. MORSE & G. F. MoINTOSI-I.

Ash Sifter.

No. 234,319. Patented Nov. 9, 1880.

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AUGUSTUS F. MORSE AND GEORGE F. MOINTOSH, OF HALLOWELL, MAINE.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,319, dated November 9, 1880,

Application filed June 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUSTUS FRANKLIN MoRsE and GEORGE I MoINTosH, of Hallowell, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented a new and Improved Ash-Sifter, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved ash-sitter which is simple in construction, and which operates without permitting the dust of the ashes to spread as with the ordinary ash-sieve.

The invention consists in a box provided with a hinged sieve-lid provided with a sprin bar for holding the ash-pan in the box when the lid is closed, which box is provided with a shaft mounted in alarger box provided with a suitable lid, and with an opening in the bottom through which the ashes can drop into a barrel or other receptacle upon which the large box is placed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of our improved ash sifter, showing parts in section and the lids raised. Fig.2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line w m, Fig. 1, showing the apparatus closed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the interior box.

The box A is provided with a shaft, B, which rests in suitable bearings on the upper edge of a larger box, 0, provided with inner beveled sides, 1) D, and with a lid, E, which entirely covers the said box 0, containing the box A.

The shaft B is so arranged that it can slide to and fro in the direction of its length in its bearings. The box A is provided with a lid, F, the top of which is formed of wire-netting G, or some other perforated material adapted to sift the ashes. Two arms, H H, provided with a small knob or stop at the lower end, project downward from the inner sides of the lid F, and are provided with spiral springs J, which act upon a transverse rod or bar, K, loosely mounted on the arms H H, so that when the lid F is closed the rod K presses upon the ash-pan L in the box A. holding said pan firmly, so that it cannot shift when the box A is turned over. The lid F is also provided with three inclined plates, M,-which form a kind of chute above the ash-pan L and below the sieve G. The end of the shaft B is (No model.)

provided with a handle, N, and directly in frontofsaid handle a collar or ring, 0, is loosely mounted on the shaft, and is pivoted in a lever, P, pivoted to the box 0 at Q, thereby permitting a reciprocating motion to be given to the box A by the lever P, whereas an oscillating motion may be produced by means of the handle N. The inclined sides D D of the box 0 are provided with projecting spring-blocks R R, against which the bottom of the box A strikes in its oscillations. One ofthese spring blocks is connected with ashaft, S, which is provided with a wheel, T, with one or more studs, d cl, on the outside of the box 0, so that if the wheel T and shaft S are rotated the spring-block R will be drawn back, permitting the box A to be rotated for the purpose set forth hereinafter. The bottom V of the box C-is provided with an aperture, W, through which the ashes drop into a barrel or other suitable receptacle. The sieve-box A is provided with chutes at the end of the sieve to keep the ashes from lodging on the ends of the box 0.

The operation is as follows: The ash-pan L, containing the coals and ashes, is placed into the box A, and the lid F is closed, thus holding the pan firmly in the box A, so that it cannot shift. The lid E of the box 0, which has been placed upon a barrel or other suitable receptacle for the ashes, is closed. The sprin block R is drawn back, and the box A is rotated in the direction of the arrow to until the sieve G is opposite the opening W; but by the rotation of the box A the coals and ashes have dropped from the pan L upon the sieve Gr, so that if the sieve is shaken by the handle N and lever P the ashes will drop through the meshes of the sieve into the ash-receptacle, whereas the coals will be retained in the box or sieve. The spring-block R is drawn back again, and the box A is again rotated until the sieve is on top again, as shown; but by over turning the box A in the direction of the arrow a the coals drop against the sides of the box to which the inclined plates M, forming the chute, are attached, and then slide down the chute into the ash-pan L again. In this manner the coals and ashes can be sifted without the obnoxious spreading of dust accompanying the use of the old devices for the same purpose, and without handling the coals or ashes. The apparatus is convenient; and cleanly.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An ash-sifter made substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of a box provided with sliding shaft, a sieve-cover, and a device for holding the ash-pan, which box is to be oscillated and moved to and fro by a handle and a lever attached to its shaft in a large box surrounding it, and provided with a suitable opening through which ashes drop into the ash-receptacle, as set forth.

2. In an ash-sitter, the combination, with the box A, of the ash-pan L, rod K, springs J, arms H, and lid F, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an ash-sifter, the combination, with the box A, of the lid F, ash-pan L, and the inclined plates M, forming a chute, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In an ash-sitter, the combination, with the box A, provided with a sieve, G, of the shaft B, handle N, lever P, and box 0, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In an ash-sitter, the combination, with the box 0, of the box A, shaft B, and springblocks R R, and of a device for drawing them back, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

AUGUSTUS FRANKLIN MORSE. GEORGE FRANCIS MOINTOSII. Witnesses:

M. W.-BoYD, M. BEAN. 

